Tag Archive for 'Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte galaxy'

This image, taken by the Near-Infrared Camera aboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, displays countless stars in the dwarf irregular galaxy Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte as well as dozens of background galaxies. The image includes 0.9-micron light shown in blue, 1.5-micron in cyan, 2.5-micron in yellow, and 4.3-micron in red. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / K. McQuinn, Rutgers University / A. Pagan, STScI.

Webb Focuses on Isolated Dwarf Galaxy

Nov 10, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The new image of the dwarf irregular galaxy Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte demonstrates the remarkable ability of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to...

This image shows the dwarf irregular galaxy Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte. Image credit: ESO / VST / Omegacam Local Group Survey.

Astronomers Snap Breathtaking Picture of Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Galaxy

Mar 23, 2016 by News Staff

Using the OmegaCAM wide-field imager, a large camera mounted on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, astronomers have captured this vivid image of a small galaxy...

Tiny clouds of carbon monoxide in the dwarf galaxy Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte: the carbon monoxide emission is shown as black single contours inside the 1 arcmin x 1 arcmin white squares that outline the area mapped by ALMA. The inset in the top left is the full view of the galaxy. Image credit: Monica Rubio et al.

Dense Clouds of Star-Forming Gas Unexpectedly Discovered in WLM Dwarf Galaxy

Sep 10, 2015 by News Staff

A nearby dwarf irregular galaxy called the Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) poses an intriguing mystery: how is it able to form large star clusters without...